Co-Presidents' Message

AACC-ASA meetings are held on the last Tuesday evening of the month at Ruth Parker Eason School in Millersville.

Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

The agenda includes introductions and general announcements, followed by time for open discussion. A refreshment break is followed by a presentation given by the guest speaker. Then time is allowed for a follow-up discussion and further opportunity for group support and socialization.

New members and new ideas are always welcome. 

Come check us out!

We hope you are having an enjoyable summer.  By the way, if you are concerned that you somehow missed the July edition of the newsletter, don't fret! We voted to take a month off, but we are now back, rested and relaxed and ready for Fall.

Thanks to everyone who joined us at our Summer Pool Party; we had a nice turnout and the weather cooperated. We appreciate all of the work that Karen Orofino did in organizing the event - well done!

As a reminder, our August meeting will feature a presentation by Pam Courson and Marjorie Shulbank about the new Autism Medicaid Waiver.   We know that there are many questions about the details of this program, and they are looking forward to the opportunity to meet with us and provide us

with the information we need.  We hope to see you there. 

Incidentally, you may have read or heard about the work being done on the Ruth Eason School over the summer, and that, as a result, the school will not be opening for students until August 30^th.  We have checked with the staff to see if they anticipate any problems in our being able to meet there on August 28^th, and have been advised that there is very little chance of a problem occurring, since the current schedule has teachers and staff re-occupying the building on August 20^th.  If there are any last minute changes to this schedule, we will be sure to notify everyone.

Enclosed with this newsletter you will find a brochure regarding Walk Far for

NAAR, the upcoming fundraising event for the National Alliance for Autism Research.   As mentioned in our last newsletter, our chapter will be participating as a walk team, now called the "Anne Arundel Trailblazers".  We encourage everyone to participate in this worthy event, and to obtain as many sponsoring pledges as possible.  If you have any questions about the event or our team, please contact one of our team co-captains: Lucy Clark at (410) 349-1882 or Liisa Neumann at (301) 858-9322.

In closing, we wish to offer our condolences to our chapter secretary, Amy Masser and her husband Norm on the recent stillbirth of their daughter, Rebecca.  It has been an understandably difficult time for their family, and they have been in our thoughts and prayers.